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2007 honorees
keep on giving
USA WEEKEND'S Make A
Difference Day was only a start.
YOU KNOW Make A Difference Day
USA WEEKEND’S national day
of community service, which takes place
every October and brings out millions of
people to help others.
But did you know that the batch of
award-winning volunteers you met in
2007 just keep giving and giving?
Here’s an update on three of the 10
Make A Difference Day honorees from
this year.
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Train-loving boy engineers good
J.T. Robertson of Cuba, N.Y., is just 11, but
he's certainly ahead of the curve when it
comes to showing the rest of us how to
combine passion with compassion.
J.T. loves trains he loves to ride them, he
loves to talk about them, and he loves to
share the experience.
For two consecutive Make A Difference
Days, he and his pal Josh Tsujimoto, 7,
collected cans for cash and paid for historic
train rides for disadvantaged and disabled
kids. J.T. and Josh’s tally in 2007 was 29,921
cans (more than double the approximately
14,700 they collected in 2006), along with
enough donations to allow 422 passengers
to take a spin on the historic Arcade and
Attica railway. Plus, people across the
country sent contributions after reading
about the award-winning project last April.
J.T.'s other passion: encouraging kids to
help others. His SIO,OOO Make A Difference
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USA WEEKEND • Dec 28-30,2007
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